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Game Thoughts: Battlefield: Bad Company

Posted in Games, Xbox 360 by Master Geek on August 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

As I mentioned in the demo review, Battlefield: Bad Company is the first Battlefield game that has a story driven single player experience.

What I liked about the game:

  • Nice big open maps that you can run and drive all over, basically pick how you want to get to your next destination on the map.
  • Everything can be blown up into little pieces. :-)
  • When you get killed, the game doesn’t reset, so all the tanks etc that you blew up are still dead and you can keep working your way through the level. This feature was really awesome as you don’t have to die 100 times trying to get to ‘the next save point’.
  • Multiplayer has a lot of fun and variety in it. Always something different to do (and blow up).

Overall:

This game was a blast to play, watching walls explode just never gets tired. :-)

Movie Thoughts: The Mist

Posted in Movies by Master Geek on August 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

Been a while since I have seen a Stephen King movie. The Mist is about a small town where a strange mist comes rolling in and traps a group of people in a supermarket.

For me, this movie wasn’t about scary creatures, It was about what people would do when their reality falls apart around them and they are presented with the impossible and their reaction to that stress overload.

The reactions of the people had me sitting there nodding my head saying, yep I can see that person doing that. This was the first time in ages I had done this in a horror movie, normally its ‘like they would really do that’ that most horror movies use.

Overall the movie stayed true to its premise and was a great if somewhat disturbing watch, as the characters felt true.

Movie Thoughts: Dragon Wars

Posted in Movies by Master Geek on August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »

A Korean movie made for US audiences? And in the Fantasy genre? Dragon Wars is that movie.

What I liked:

  • It has dragons in it. :-)
  • Nicely done effects.
  • Interesting premise.
  • Great soundtrack.
  • Did I mention the dragons?

Overall:

Awesome. Don’t expect much execpt dragons fighting and you can’t go wrong. :-)

New Mobile phone

Posted in Funny, Movies by Master Geek on August 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

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Movie Thoughts: The Invasion

Posted in Movies by Master Geek on August 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

The Invasion is a remake of a classic: Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

What I liked:

  • Really creepy atmosphere. :-)
  • Great acting by Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
  • Lots of times I was holding my breath.
  • Great concept of how we might be ‘invaded’.

Overall:

Great movie, loved every minute of it. :-)

Funny video

Posted in Funny, Movies by Master Geek on July 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Darth Vader playing golf - Awesome. :-)

Movie Thoughts: Jumper

Posted in Movies by Master Geek on July 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

Imagine being able to teleport anywhere in the blink of an eye. Jumper is a movie about just that.

What I liked:

  • Interesting premise that is really well realised.
  • Great effects.
  • I guess most people would have done the same thing in his situation.
  • The scene with the car driving throughout Tokyo was awesome.

Overall: Great movie, lots of fun to watch. :-)

Gadget Thoughts: Wireless keyboard with trackball

Posted in Gadgets/Hardware by Master Geek on July 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

I always wanted a wirelesskeyboard for the loungeroom and finally got around to buying the Shintaro Wireless Keyboard.

The reason I went for this keyboard over all others is that it has a built in trackball, I didn’t want to have an external mouse as that wouldn’t really work for me.

The keyboard is really great and even has a scroll wheel located on the bottom left hand side and a left mouse button on the bottom right (this makes sense when you use it).

This means you can hold the keyboard in your hands easily use the mouse to click, scroll and do a variety of tasks.

Overall: Great product am very happy with it. :-)

Movie Thoughts: District 13

Posted in Movies by Master Geek on July 6th, 2008 | No Comments »

A french movie District 13 was written by Luc Besson of Fifth Element and The Professional Fame.

The Good:

  • Parkour/Free running that tops what Casino Royale had.
  • Interesting social commentary on how the world works.
  • Lots of Good action.
  • French movie with an English dub so you don’t have to read all the time.

Overall:

Great movie, lots of fun to watch.

Star Wars Dance Off

Posted in Funny, Movies by Master Geek on July 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »

Funniest thing you will see today: Yes it is a Star Wars Dance Off.

Someone also made some Star Wars cash.

Also, I don’t remember seeing this StormTrooper in the movies.